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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>369363</law_id><section_number>55.1-1609</section_number><catch_line>When attornment void</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="120" identifier="55.1">Property and Conveyances</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Rental Conveyances</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="5" identifier="16">Leases</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The attornment of a tenant to any stranger is void, unless it is with the consent of the landlord of such tenant or pursuant to or in consequence of the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> or <span class="dictionary">order</span> of a <span class="dictionary">court</span>.</p></section></text><history>2024, cc. 27, 158.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
